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' D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THO. G. HAROLD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND GIBBONS L. KEL'IY, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 30, 878, dated December 1 1, 1860.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS G. HAROLD, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, and GIBBoNs L. KELTY, of the city and Stateof New York, have invented, made and applied to use a certain new anduseful Improvement in Curtain Fixtures; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the nature ofour said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, makingpart of this specification, wherein- Figure l is a side view of one endof our fixtures. position, and Fig. 3 is an end view with the curtainbeing raised or lowered.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Curtain fixtures have heretofore been made with ratchets and pawls tosustain the curtain when rolled up more or less, these ratchets andpawls being acted upon by the cord used for raising or lowering thecurtain or shade, or by the roller.

The nature of our said invention consists in a roller fitted to movelaterally and connect with or disconnect from a stop, said lateralmovement being given by the action of the cord in raising or loweringthe curtain.

In the drawing a, is one end of the roller upon which the curtain orshade is to be wound, the other end of said roller being fitted with anyusual center pin upon which it revolves.

b, is the bracket sustaining the fixture and c, is a barrel upon whichthe cord e, is wound by the weight of the curtain as said curtain runsdown, or unwound in the act of drawing up the curtain.

ai, is a link attached at 2, to the bracket b, and receiving the centerpin l, of the roller Fig. 2 is an end view in a normaly a. This link d,allows of the roller having a lateral motion because said link swings on2, from the position of Fig. 2, to that of Fig. 3, where a stop 3regulates the eX- tent of movement.

4, 4, are one or more stops on the end of the roller aand 5, is a stopon the bracket b.

If now the cord e, is pulled off diagonally, as in Fig. 3, the link CZ,swings and the roller moves laterally the stops 4 and 5, clearing eachother so that the curtain can be drawn up or lowered; and when the corde is again brought vertically the link d drops back to the formerposition and the stop 4, coming in contact with 5, sustains the curtainat the particular point.

It will be evident that the stops 4 and 5,

might be of any desired character, or a square taking a socket be usedfor this pur-` pose so long as the lateral motion ofthe roller causedthe parts to disconnect. This lateral motion will be seen to be nearlyhorizontal, as not interfering with the perpendicular hanging of thecurtain, but the said roller might receive the said motion more or lessvertically7 at right angles to the axis of said roller.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A blind orcurtain roller fitted to receive a lateral or sideways motion at one endby the action of the cord for connecting or disconnecting said rollerfrom a stop for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our signatures this tenth day ofNovember 1860.

THOS. GEO. HAROLD.

GIBBONS L. KELTY.

Witnesses: GEO. W. GRAFF, RoBT. I. CAMPBELL.

